Warehouse Forklift Operator - Sarasota

About the role

Simply put, our Warehouse Forklift Operators are masters of skillfully maneuvering industrial powered equipment. Join the team and use your skills to help Publix Distribution maintain a smooth, safe, and orderly process when moving product within Publix’s warehouses.

Responsibilities

• Maneuver powered industrial equipment to move cases and pallets and put them into their assigned slots in the warehouse.
• Move product from the receiving dock to reserve locations.
• Replenish pick locations emptied by Warehouse Selectors, pulling product from reserve locations.
• Rotate inventory using the most dated inventory first.
• Help maintain a clean warehouse and sweep out empty slots.
• Frequently fill in for Warehouse Selectors and other positions as business needs demand.

Requirements

• Be at least 18 years old.
• Ability to work nights and weekends.
• Successfully complete a Work Attitude Survey.
• Obtain certification in pallet truck and forklift operations (on or before start date).
• Ability to sit or stand for long periods of time.
• Ability to bend, stoop, and twist.
• Operate a pallet truck or forklift without any part of his or her body exposed outside of the operator compartment.
• Stack product of varying weights.
• Able to work under strict time requirements.
• Read, write, and identify and verify numbers.
• Interpret, understand, and follow instructions.

Qualifications

None specified.

Skills

None specified.

Benefits

• Employee Stock Ownership Plan (ESOP) that contributes Publix stock to associates each year at no cost.
• Opportunity to purchase additional shares of our privately-held stock.
• 401(k) retirement savings plan.
• Group health, dental, and vision plans.
• Paid Time Off.
• Paid Parental Leave.
• Short- and long-term disability insurance.
• Tuition reimbursement.
• Free hot lunches (buffet-style) at facilities with a cafeteria.
• Year End Bonus: 15 hours of pay in the first year of continuous employment, and one week’s pay in the second year, with two weeks’ pay thereafter.

Pay

Information about pay is not provided in the job posting.

Schedule

Information about schedule is not provided in the job posting.